Overall colleges by 10-year ROI - College & Career Data

Method notes

Underlying institution file: EDsmart Data processed College Scorecard extract merged to IPEDS 2023 directory for HBCU and Carnegie fields.
ROI column matches the processed college_roi_rankings series in this site build; see College Scorecard ROI methodology.
School profile links use generated slugs; not every campus has a published profile page yet—use the Scorecard site as fallback.

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Rank	Institution	State	Control	Enrollment	Primary metric	Also see
1	California Institute of Technology	CA	Private nonprofit	987	$595,878	Grad 94.4% · Net $16,075
2	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	MA	Private nonprofit	4,535	$582,508	Grad 96.4% · Net $20,111
3	Stanford University	CA	Private nonprofit	7,554	$491,118	Grad 91.9% · Net $13,807
4	Princeton University	NJ	Private nonprofit	5,709	$490,486	Grad 97.6% · Net $6,128
5	Harvey Mudd College	CA	Private nonprofit	921	$490,267	Grad 91.9% · Net $35,924
6	Franklin W Olin College of Engineering	MA	Private nonprofit	377	$487,586	Grad 96.4% · Net $25,171
7	University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis	MO	Private nonprofit	337	$482,012	Grad 61.7% · Net $31,817
8	Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences	NY	Private nonprofit	481	$467,200	Grad 67.5% · Net $29,882
9	United States Merchant Marine Academy	NY	Public	962	$443,240	Grad 82.4% · Net $6,174
10	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus	GA	Public	18,785	$417,020	Grad 94.0% · Net $12,116
11	Harvard University	MA	Private nonprofit	7,601	$408,944	Grad 97.6% · Net $19,066
12	Carnegie Mellon University	PA	Private nonprofit	7,304	$381,661	Grad 94.1% · Net $31,944
13	Columbia University in the City of New York	NY	Private nonprofit	8,973	$375,459	Grad 96.1% · Net $21,590
14	Cal Poly Maritime Academy	CA	Public	804	$366,819	Grad 59.7% · Net $20,555
15	University of Pennsylvania	PA	Private nonprofit	10,650	$359,630	Grad 96.5% · Net $28,699
16	University of Chicago	IL	Private nonprofit	7,569	$359,160	Grad 95.9% · Net $14,860
17	Claremont McKenna College	CA	Private nonprofit	1,388	$356,148	Grad 91.4% · Net $28,849
18	Johns Hopkins University	MD	Private nonprofit	5,693	$355,394	Grad 93.8% · Net $18,809
19	University of California-Berkeley	CA	Public	33,068	$353,372	Grad 92.8% · Net $13,481
20	Rice University	TX	Private nonprofit	4,776	$344,734	Grad 94.6% · Net $13,370
21	Yale University	CT	Private nonprofit	6,758	$344,204	Grad 95.7% · Net $23,777
22	Cornell University	NY	Private nonprofit	15,995	$338,556	Grad 95.4% · Net $28,690
23	Vanderbilt University	TN	Private nonprofit	7,208	$338,065	Grad 93.5% · Net $15,846
24	Massachusetts Maritime Academy	MA	Public	1,395	$336,008	Grad 74.1% · Net $21,582
25	University of Notre Dame	IN	Private nonprofit	8,818	$335,073	Grad 95.2% · Net $26,780
26	CUNY Bernard M Baruch College	NY	Public	16,154	$332,190	Grad 72.1% · Net $3,033
27	West Coast University-Miami	FL	Private for-profit	961	$331,776	Grad 33.3% · Net $32,539
28	West Coast University-Anaheim-Orange County	CA	Private for-profit	3,192	$330,076	Grad 60.0% · Net $32,879
29	Florida Polytechnic University	FL	Public	1,689	$328,460	Grad 54.9% · Net $11,853
30	Maine Maritime Academy	ME	Public	942	$327,736	Grad 58.2% · Net $23,414
31	Bentley University	MA	Private nonprofit	4,474	$327,521	Grad 86.8% · Net $37,930
32	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo	CA	Public	21,996	$327,034	Grad 86.4% · Net $16,665
33	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	MI	Public	34,177	$326,971	Grad 93.2% · Net $13,138
34	SUNY Maritime College	NY	Public	1,285	$326,120	Grad 64.4% · Net $22,367
35	Babson College	MA	Private nonprofit	2,728	$325,382	Grad 93.1% · Net $40,514
36	Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences	MA	Private nonprofit	3,451	$323,327	Grad 62.0% · Net $39,545
37	University of California-San Diego	CA	Public	34,948	$319,354	Grad 86.1% · Net $12,470
38	Duke University	NC	Private nonprofit	6,442	$319,092	Grad 96.8% · Net $29,612
39	Dartmouth College	NH	Private nonprofit	4,541	$318,178	Grad 95.5% · Net $29,519
40	Washington and Lee University	VA	Private nonprofit	1,881	$317,628	Grad 93.9% · Net $23,781
41	Williams College	MA	Private nonprofit	2,076	$310,212	Grad 93.6% · Net $17,716
42	Colorado School of Mines	CO	Public	6,155	$308,532	Grad 81.7% · Net $28,690
43	Chamberlain University-Nevada	NV	Private for-profit	652	$306,764	Grad 20.0% · Net $27,073
44	Mount Carmel College of Nursing	OH	Private nonprofit	532	$306,416	Grad 53.8% · Net $10,420
45	Bowdoin College	ME	Private nonprofit	1,873	$303,690	Grad 95.3% · Net $14,398
46	New Jersey Institute of Technology	NJ	Public	9,019	$303,564	Grad 72.8% · Net $16,504
47	University of Washington-Tacoma Campus	WA	Public	4,185	$303,288	Grad 63.2% · Net $10,163
48	Lehigh University	PA	Private nonprofit	5,898	$302,398	Grad 87.9% · Net $36,931
49	Michigan Technological University	MI	Public	5,955	$302,153	Grad 68.1% · Net $14,182
50	Chamberlain University-Michigan	MI	Private for-profit	629	$301,904	Grad 100.0% · Net $28,045
51	Brown University	RI	Private nonprofit	7,226	$301,423	Grad 95.7% · Net $25,184
52	Washington University in St Louis	MO	Private nonprofit	7,857	$300,146	Grad 94.3% · Net $21,786
53	University of Florida-Online	FL	Public	4,627	$298,588	Grad 84.7% · Net $4,815
54	University of Maryland-College Park	MD	Public	30,760	$298,522	Grad 88.6% · Net $15,678
55	Capitol Technology University	MD	Private nonprofit	315	$297,914	Grad 42.7% · Net $22,102
56	Missouri University of Science and Technology	MO	Public	5,521	$297,370	Grad 64.4% · Net $16,298
57	Milwaukee School of Engineering	WI	Private nonprofit	2,654	$296,739	Grad 67.1% · Net $22,453
58	Northeastern University Oakland	CA	Private nonprofit	464	$296,148	Grad — · Net $25,181
59	University of California-Los Angeles	CA	Public	33,475	$295,349	Grad 92.6% · Net $12,548
60	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	IL	Public	36,258	$295,067	Grad 85.1% · Net $14,355
61	Stevens Institute of Technology	NJ	Private nonprofit	4,222	$293,815	Grad 86.9% · Net $41,346
62	Illinois Institute of Technology	IL	Private nonprofit	2,833	$292,532	Grad 75.2% · Net $18,425
63	University of Washington-Bothell Campus	WA	Public	5,457	$292,508	Grad 65.3% · Net $12,319
64	University of Virginia-Main Campus	VA	Public	17,597	$291,320	Grad 95.6% · Net $21,565
65	University of Florida	FL	Public	35,629	$289,958	Grad 91.1% · Net $6,541
66	University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus	CT	Public	733	$289,614	Grad 52.7% · Net $10,875
67	Chamberlain University-Missouri	MO	Private for-profit	284	$288,549	Grad 100.0% · Net $30,716
68	Chamberlain University-Louisiana	LA	Private for-profit	622	$288,174	Grad — · Net $30,791
69	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	NY	Private nonprofit	5,714	$287,256	Grad 83.6% · Net $36,228
70	Chamberlain University-Florida	FL	Private for-profit	821	$285,784	Grad 33.3% · Net $31,269
71	Chamberlain University-Ohio	OH	Private for-profit	257	$284,409	Grad 28.6% · Net $31,544
72	San Jose State University	CA	Public	27,601	$284,194	Grad 69.2% · Net $13,760
73	University of Washington-Seattle Campus	WA	Public	31,942	$283,648	Grad 85.2% · Net $14,091
74	Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Worldwide	FL	Private nonprofit	9,139	$283,106	Grad 20.5% · Net $18,725
75	Chamberlain University-Illinois	IL	Private for-profit	14,027	$282,944	Grad 41.7% · Net $31,837
76	Virginia Military Institute	VA	Public	1,527	$282,064	Grad 76.2% · Net $17,113
77	Chamberlain University-Texas	TX	Private for-profit	2,270	$281,084	Grad 25.0% · Net $32,209
78	Emory University	GA	Private nonprofit	7,298	$280,290	Grad 91.1% · Net $22,585
79	Colorado State University Global	CO	Public	6,563	$278,006	Grad — · Net $16,510
80	University of California-Davis	CA	Public	32,253	$277,662	Grad 85.7% · Net $14,741
81	Chamberlain University-Georgia	GA	Private for-profit	1,940	$276,189	Grad 50.0% · Net $33,188
82	Chamberlain University-Virginia	VA	Private for-profit	557	$276,134	Grad 100.0% · Net $33,199
83	University of Connecticut-Avery Point	CT	Public	454	$274,954	Grad 61.6% · Net $13,807
84	California State University-East Bay	CA	Public	9,809	$273,134	Grad 47.9% · Net $9,320
85	Davidson College	NC	Private nonprofit	1,867	$272,444	Grad 91.1% · Net $17,379
86	Oregon Institute of Technology	OR	Public	2,892	$272,295	Grad 53.8% · Net $15,706
87	Northwestern University	IL	Private nonprofit	9,201	$270,450	Grad 95.1% · Net $29,167
88	Western Governors University	UT	Private nonprofit	155,088	$270,388	Grad 46.2% · Net $12,548
89	University of California-Irvine	CA	Public	30,197	$270,102	Grad 86.9% · Net $14,251
90	Baptist Health Sciences University	TN	Private nonprofit	770	$268,792	Grad 39.8% · Net $11,212
91	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	MA	Private nonprofit	5,447	$268,513	Grad 89.7% · Net $43,071
92	New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology	NM	Public	995	$268,028	Grad 57.0% · Net $9,873
93	Northeastern University	MA	Private nonprofit	17,326	$267,478	Grad 90.5% · Net $30,915
94	CUNY Hunter College	NY	Public	16,289	$266,978	Grad 56.9% · Net $2,984
95	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	NC	Public	20,752	$266,778	Grad 91.2% · Net $11,655
96	Amherst College	MA	Private nonprofit	1,911	$266,312	Grad 93.9% · Net $23,367
97	Molloy University	NY	Private nonprofit	3,162	$265,652	Grad 69.9% · Net $24,347
98	Texas A&M University-Central Texas	TX	Public	1,750	$262,564	Grad — · Net $1,300
99	University of Detroit Mercy	MI	Private nonprofit	2,438	$262,550	Grad 67.2% · Net $15,232
100	University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus	CT	Public	1,525	$261,974	Grad 65.0% · Net $16,403